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said that by establishing it he "gave many composers (not only the young ones) their first opportunity of a hearing: he had travelled abroad as our representative, had battled with publishers and spoken passionately on the question of performing rights. He had, in fact, become the first person to
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The Committee for the Promotion of New Music was a membership organization which sought to find the best new composers and to help support their careers, especially in the UK. Francis Chagrin has been described as the Committee's "organizer and chief moving spirit". Fellow émigré composer
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and by private donations from Vaughan Williams and Bliss among others, and remained the basis for much of its subsequent work: "recommended lists" of works were drawn up, which resulted in increased broadcasting by the BBC and in several recordings, issued in the 1940s on 78rpm discs by
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for string orchestra was played instead. This was one of the few times his own work was ever performed at an SPNM event. The Francis Chagrin Fund for Young Composers was established in his memory in 1973 and continues today. From 1993 onward SPNM awarded the annual
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In its first 50 years, some 9,000 scores were submitted to the SPNM, resulting in 850 composers being represented in its concerts. On 1 October 2008, the SPNM merged with the British Music Information Centre (BMIC), the Contemporary Music Network and the
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agreed to become president with the proviso that it "avoid all cliques give a welcome to all good work in whatever style or school".
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Adamson, Peter (December 1993). "The Committee for the Promotion of New Music: a 50th birthday look at an early recording venture".
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On 5 February 1973 the Society celebrated its 30th anniversary with a concert at the
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served on the Committee. Its initial activities were subsidized by the wartime
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for the Promotion of New Music met for its inaugural meeting.
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were also among the founding members of the Committee.
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Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts
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London
Francis Chagrin
Butterworth Prize for Composition
Sound and Music
Benjamin Frankel
Mátyás Seiber
Roy Douglas
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Arthur Bliss
Benjamin Britten
Michael Tippett
Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts
Decca
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Butterworth Prize for Composition
Sonic Arts Network
Sound and Music


The Committee for the Promotion of New Music


"On Sound and Music"



'Society for the Promotion of New Music'


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